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/**
 * Copyright (C) 2006-2014 phloc systems
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 * office[at]phloc[dot]com
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 *
 *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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package com.phloc.validation.validator;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;

import com.phloc.validation.result.IValidationResult;

/**
 * Base interface for a validator.
 * 
 * @author Philip Helger
 * @param 
 *        The datatype to be validated
 */
public interface IBaseValidator 
{
  /**
   * Validate the passed value.
   * 
   * @param aValue
   *        The value to be validated. May be null.
   * @return The non-null validation result.
   */
  @Nonnull
  IValidationResult validate (@Nullable T aValue);
}